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01850/African American Studies
PREPARATORY LEVEL
0024. Elementary Yoruba (3 s.h.)
An introductory course in the understanding, reading, and
speaking of Yoruba, an African language which has had a major
impact on the African cultures of Brazil, Haiti, Cuba, Puerto
Rico, Jamaica, and the United States. Students will be taught
grammar, vocabulary, and conversation in the language. The course
will be a lecture-demonstration.
0025. Elementary Hausa (3 s.h.)
An introductory course in the understanding, reading, and
speaking of Hausa, a language spoken by more than 70 million
people in West Africa. Students will be taught grammar,
vocabulary, and conversation in the language. The course will be
a lecture-demonstration.
0044. The Black Church (3 s.h.) S
An examination of the significant role the black church has
played in creating an African-American response to social,
political, and economic obstacles and barriers in America.
Introduction to Richard Allen, Henry McNeal Turner, Martin Luther
King, Jr., and other church leaders. Students learn to appreciate
how the church builds the community, maintains culture, and
produces leaders.
LOWER LEVEL
0050. Afrocentricity (3 s.h.) FS
An introduction to the theories and methods of
Africa-centeredness. Discussion of cultural, scientific,
historical, and psychological consciousness. Critique of African
world-voice by examining Pan Africanism, Negritude, and African
Nationalism.
W051. Introduction to African American Studies (3
s.h.) FS
An introduction to the field. The history, philosophic and
pedagogical basis, methodology, and relevance of African-American
Studies within a liberal arts education.
0052. Introduction to African Aesthetics (3 s.h.)
(D-1) FS
An overview of the cultural experience of African peoples. An
examination of the culture of peoples in Africa, America, and the
Caribbean in a comprehensive and structurally integrated manner.
An introduction to black aesthetics and the interrelationship of
the humanities course in African American Studies. Designed to
acquaint students with important historical and philosophical
investigations of the creative process and to explore
interrelationships, similarities, and differences in the various
cultural expressions of African peoples.
0053. Blacks in World History (3 s.h.) (D-3) S
(Formerly 0003.) Prerequisite for all history courses to be
applied to the major.
An introduction to the entire field of black history, both in
Africa and the New World. A basic course, comprehensive in scope,
to provide a firm grounding for students interested in taking
subsequent history courses.
W054. Politics of Colonization: An Introduction to the
Politics of the Black World (3 s.h.)
Prerequisite for all political science courses to be applied
to the major.
Fundamentals of the political reality of blacks in Africa, the
U.S., and the Caribbean; basic concepts, approaches, and methods
in politics; black politics as a reaction to colonization and its
legacy; and colonialism, the basic concept. Dealt with in terms
of definition, motivating factors, methods, effects, and
ramifications.
0056. Introduction to African Dance -- Umfundalai
Technique (3 s.h.) FS
Introduction to the classical dances of west and southern Africa.
Analysis, study, and performances of "Umfundalai"
techniques in African dance. Course designed for general student
population. (Cross-listed with Dance 0356.)
C061. Africa in the 20th Century (3 s.h.) (IS) FS
A summary of the major political, economic, social, and cultural
developments in Africa since 1900. The impact of indigenous and
foreign philosophies on industrialization, urbanization, and
peasantization during the twentieth century.
C068. African American History Since 1900 (3 s.h.)
(AC) FS
A general treatment of the turbulent twentieth century in African
American history. Attention given to the rise of the Ku Klux
Klan, the anti-lynching campaigns, northern migration, the Marcus
Garvey Movement, the Harlem Renaissance, and the Civil Rights
Movement.
0086. History of the Black Theater (3 s.h.) F
A survey of the development of African American drama, its
African origins and its impact on black theater; rituals, images,
and symbols in a wide range of plays in the works of
representative playwrights. Topics to be covered also include
Harlem Renaissance, civil rights, black arts eras and
contemporary African American theater.
H091. Honors Africa in the 20th Century (3 s.h.) (IS)
Honors majors only.
UPPER LEVEL
0100. African Civilization (3 s.h.) FS
A survey of Africa's contributions to world history and
civilization from 5000 B.C. to 1800 A.D. An intensive analysis of
the major issues in African civilization.
0110. African Politics (3 s.h.)
This course is intended to provide students with the necessary
historical background to the socio-political aspects of African
society. Topics to be covered will include: the pre-colonial
political system, enslavement and colonialism, liberation
movements, and independence.
0118. Psychology of the African American Experience (3
s.h.) S
Examines contemporary perspectives and research on the African
experience in America and the relationship of that experience to
social and psychological functioning among African Americans. The
course also examines the origins of some of the traditional
psychological theories about persons of African descent, and
examines emerging theories shaped by new perspectives.
0130. Creative Writing Workshop (3 s.h.) F
This course provides an opportunity for students to explore and
develop their writing talents under the influence and direction
of an established writer. African and African American subjects,
themes, and materials used. Students read works of African
American writers.
0134. The Literature of American Slavery (3 s.h.)
Slaves, slaveowners, and abolitionists, men and women, perceived
slavery in distinctive ways and recorded those perceptions in
songs and poems, folk tales, autobiographical narratives and
novels, speeches and tracts, travel accounts, journals, diaries,
and letters. Through an examination of this rich oral and written
literature, such themes as the character of slave culture, the
relations between slaves and masters, the oppression of women
under slavery, and the connection between abolitionism and
feminism are explored. Lectures provide historical background and
a context in which to read the selections. (Cross-listed with
American Studies 0134.)
0140. African Literature (3 s.h.) (D-1) FS
Survey introduces the literature of Africa through epic, drama,
poetry, short stories, and novels. Literary and thematic trends
examined in the works of major writers, e.g., Soyinka, Ngugi,
Emecheta, Aidoo, La Guma, Abrahams, Achebe, Ba, Ousmane, Kunene,
Brutus, and Head.
0150. Blacks in Cinema (3 s.h.) FS
An overview of portrayals in cinema from its inception to the
present, including developments from Hollywood, independent film
makers, and experimental foreign films. The story of the
"race movies" treated in depth. Also contemporary
trends such as the independent black film movement in Africa and
the U.S.
0151. Mass Media and the Black Community (3 s.h.) FS
An examination of the peculiar role mass media plays in the
African American community. Ownership, access, and image making
are a few of the topics discussed. The aim is to develop an
appreciation and awareness of the role media play in shaping
opinions.
0155. Introduction to Research Methods (3 s.h.) F
Introduction to basic research in African American Studies.
Theories and methods of conceptualization, instrument
development, and data collection.
Ph.D.,
An examination of the Third World in the context of the
international political situation. Discussion of the African
nations, Southeast Asia, and Latin America in terms of
communication, commerce, technology, the balance of power, and
national debts.
0170. African Women in Historical Perspective (3 s.h.)
S
The history of the African woman from Hatshepsut to Yaa
Asantewaa. Discussion of the roles played by women in politics,
religion, military, education, and resistance. An overview of
historical problems and future prospects for women in Africa.
0180. Black Folklore: African and Afro-American (3
s.h.) S
An overview of the folk literature and orature of African peoples
on the African continent and in the Americas. Tales, stories,
myths, and proverbs, and their function in society. Brer Rabbit,
Ananse, the Flying African, High John de Conquerer, John Henry,
Shinek, and many other characters are examined.
0257. Black Social and Political Thought (3 s.h.) S
The thoughts and philosophies of black leaders as they relate to
the struggle of black people for liberation; from Booker T.
Washington to Karenga, Nkrumah to Mugabe.
0270. History of Pan African Thought (3 s.h.) F
A study of the works and thoughts of Sylvester Williams,
W.E.B. DuBois, Kwame Nkrumah, Julius Nyerere, M.K.O. Adiola, and
others. Analysis of the Pan African Congresses from 1919 to 1987.
0276. Contemporary Black Poets (3 s.h.) F
An examination of the major works of contemporary poets of
African descent. Students are introduced to the writings of poets
such as Sonia Sanchez, Amiri Baraka, Atukwei Okai, and Haki
Madhubuti.
W286. The Black Family (3 s.h.) S
This course examines historical and contemporary issues relevant
to the functioning of African American families. Students write
critiques of selected text chapters and work in small groups to
interview local community members; use interview and other
research sources to develop and implement a community action plan
(CAP) for improving some aspect of family life.
0300. Workshop in Performing Arts (3 s.h.) S
By permission of instructor.
Workshop in contemporary African-American performing arts. Music,
dance, and theatre included.
0321. The Black Child: Development and Socialization
(3 s.h.) S
A study of the development and socialization of the African
American child. Discussion of family, peer group relationships,
formal and informal education, and early racial consciousness.
0342. Nationalism in Africa 1900 (3 s.h.)
An examination of the history, philosophy, and practice of
Nationalism in Africa through the works of Nationalist thinkers
and leaders like Fanon, Cabral, Nkrumah, El Sadawi, and
Dangrembga. Apart from themes like anti-colonialism,
self-determination, self-sufficiency, and political pluralism,
the question of women will be addressed as an issue of
nationalism.
0346. Women Writers in Black Literature (3 s.h.)
A comparative exploration of the nature, form, themes, and
techniques of major black women writers from Africa, the U.S.,
and the Caribbean. Cross-listed with Women's Studies 0301.
0348. Dimensions of Racism (3 s.h.) F
The course will explore interracial relationships from an
Afrocentric conceptual framework. It will look at the various
theoretical approaches to prejudice and will analyze the
prejudiced personality. The course will examine the historical
growth of racism and thought as well as seek explanations and
examine the effects of racism on African Americans.
0361. Studies in African American Literature (3 s.h.)
S
An examination of African American literary forms with certain
emphasis on poetry, drama, fiction, and autobiography. Texts from
earlier decades and contemporary movements are included. The aim
is to develop an understanding and appreciation of African
American literary experience. Phyllis Wheatley, Zora Neale
Hurston, Langston Hughes, Amiri Baraka, Maya Angelou, Nikki
Giovanni are among writers whose works are looked into.
0366. African American Dance (3 s.h.) FS
Prerequisite: AAS 0056 or permission of instructor. Continuation
of Instruction to African Dance: Umfundalai Technique. Analysis,
study, and practice of African dance performance. Course involves
reading, writing, and creative projects. (Cross-listed with Dance
0366.)
0378. Seminar: Special Topics in Political Development
(3 s.h.) FS
Political changes for blacks and other racial and ethnic
minorities result from increased voter participation and
electoral success. Focus upon the impact of demographic change
and heightened minority group political consciousness.
Cross-listed with Political Science 0307 and Urban Studies 0270.
0395. Independent Study (1-3 s.h.) FS
(Formerly PAS 0388.) Field research in a Pan African Studies
problem area (i.e., the U.S., Caribbean, and Africa). Each
student identifies a task in a problem area and develops a
research project around it. Research projects must be approved by
the department chairperson in advance of registration for the
course.
0397. Junior/Senior Directed Research (3 s.h.) FS
Open only to majors who have completed the first semester of
their junior year. A serious in-depth study of a specific topic
within a traditional discipline in the African American Studies
field for two consecutive semesters. Culminates in a concise,
well-documented senior essay paper.
W398. Senior Seminar (3 s.h.) S
A senior level course designed to provide majors with a
culminating experience in which they must demonstrate mastery of
the practice, theories, concepts, and issues central to the field
of African American studies. Course stresses the integration of
knowledge through a variety of experiential assignments.
(Capstone W course)
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LOWER LEVEL
C051. American Lives (3 s.h.) (AC) FS
This course is an introduction to American Studies-life stories
as presented by the individuals involved-to give us insights into
"America." By looking closely at these American lives,
students will meet people of various periods and backgrounds and
become familiar with important developments, influential ideas,
conflicting images, and realities in American society.
C062. Work in America (3 s.h.) (AC/D1) FS
A broad perspective of men and women on their jobs. Discussion of
the ways in which Americans have been told they can "make
it," looking at their actual experience at work and their
prospects for the next decade or so. Writings by ordinary working
people are discussed, commentaries by historians and sociologists
of business and work examined, and several films used.
0072. Historic Preservation in Philadelphia (3 s.h.)
Objectives are to explore the city's architecture as a
manifestation of its social and cultural history, encourage
increased concern for Philadelphia's built environment, promote
the preservation of this aspect of the city's culture, and
provide an introduction to the means for conserving this history.
Lectures, discussions, and field trips. Students follow
individual interests through written projects. Usually offered at
the TUCC campus and taught by the Historian of the Philadelphia
Historical Commission.
0086. American Music (3 s.h.)
This class is designed as a survey course which looks at the
cultural, historical, technological, industrial, artistic, and
mythic attributes of American Music, primarily from after the
Civil War until the present. The 20th century is
highlighted, with special emphasis from the "Tin Pan
Alley" era to today by investigating recorded popular music
beginning in 1908 and by looking at genres and styles.
Definitions of "American" music and "Popular"
music will be discussed and analyzed. Movie musicals, soundies,
concert films, and videos will be studied as well as purely audio
recordings. Attention will be paid to socio-historical
ramifications of American popular music as a cultural force and
cultural expression.
H091. American Lives-Honors (3 s.h.)
See American Studies C051. Requirements arranged with the
instructor include additional readings and preparations.
H092. Work in America-Honors (3 s.h.)
See American Studies C062. Requirements arranged with the
instructor include additional readings and preparations.
H096. American Music-Honors (3 s.h.)
See American Studies 0086. Requirements arranged with the
instructor incllude additional readings and preparations.
UPPER LEVEL
0100. Topics in American Culture (3 s.h.)
A special topics course, used for material and approaches to
American Studies that are either experimental in nature or not
yet a regular part of the curriculum. Course content varies each
year and students can obtain a description of the current version
at the American Studies office.
0102. Technology and American Culture (3 s.h.) (D1) S
Technology has been called the dominant force in American
civilization, a part of our everyday material lives, work,
beliefs, and behavior. Explores the way American values have
shaped technology and how technology has shaped American life,
placing contemporary problems in a historical perspective.
Materials drawn from social history, literature, visual arts,
film, advertising, and polemical prose.
0103. American Places: Home, City, Region (3 s.h.)
(D1)
This course explores the importance of place in determining the
character of American culture. A variety of materials, visual and
textual, are used to examine the way our lives are shaped by the
home, the design of the city, and the suburban and regional areas
beyond the city. The extent to which places hold their identities
in the face of mass culture and megalopolis is also explored.
(Cross-listed with Geography and Urban Studies 0274.)
0104. The Arts in America (3 s.h.) (D1) F
Themes include the effect of the arts in America; their
importance as part of culture; what different art forms at the
same time have in common and how they influence each other.
Examines how being an artist in America has changed over the last
100 or more years through representative figures within an
interdisciplinary context including literature, photography,
music, architecture, and painting. Possible artists: Whitman,
Louis Sullivan, Charles Ives, Alfred Stieglitz, John Dos Passos,
Frank Lloyd Wright, Norman Mailer, Robert Frank, John Cage,
Robert Venturi.
0105. Ideal America: Reform, Revolution, and Utopia (3
s.h.) (D1)
Examination of some problems raised by key groups at various
times, traditions and ideologies, and the successes or failures
of each kind of response. Readings, films, lectures, and
discussions. Includes the Shakers, Brook Farm, the Oneida Group,
progressive reformers, vegetarianism and temperance, the I.W.W.
(Wobblies), American Communism, agrarianism, and selected radical
movements from the contemporary period.
0106. Literature and Political Change (3 s.h.) S
A study of major texts, fiction and non-fiction, which had a
significant impact on public discourse and on the civilization of
the United States. The social and historical contexts of the
books will be discussed and major issues -- for example, efforts
to define freedom and democracy, the status of the individual,
the role of the larger community -- will be stressed.
0107. Leisure in America (3 s.h.) S
The development of leisure through various stages of American
history. Evolution of pastoral and puritanical ideals into the
concerns of commercial amusement, the recreation movement and
professional sport. The diversity of contemporary leisure and the
time and resources currently available in mass-consumption
society are examined, as are alternative future scenarios. An
interdisciplinary approach drawing on sources from both
literature and the social sciences. (Cross-listed with Sociology
0107.)
0108. Immigrant Experiences in America (3 s.h.) S
An examination of major issues related to immigration, including
belief in the U.S. as the land of opportunity where all
immigrants will be "melted" into uniform Americanism.
Topics considered include: government immigration policy, labor
market needs, and anti-immigration social movements. Most
important, however, is the focus of the course on the actual,
complex and varied experiences of a number of historical and
contemporary immigrant groups.
0109. Courtroom in American Society (3 s.h.)
An examination of American culture and society as it is expressed
through its judicial system. The course will attempt to answer
the question "What is American about American law?" by
viewing various landmark cases in the social contexts in which
they occurred. Through a format of lectures, discussion, and
visits from various practitioners of the law (judges, attorneys)
students will learn whether and how the legal system works, what
values it stresses, and what it says about us as a people.
0111. The Modern Arts in America: Philadelphia as a
Living Laboratory (3 s.h.) S
Philadelphia is the perfect place to study the development of the
modern arts in America. A center for art and architecture, for
music and dance, as well as for literature, it offers living
proof of the human factors that generate art and demonstrates
clearly the conflicting radical and conservative impulses that
have moved our artists and institutions during the past half
century. Visits to both artists and institutions, as well as
study of the artists' work.
0112. African American Experiences (3 sh.) F
A summary of historical, social, political, and cultural
developments with regard to African American experience in the
U.S. Various themes, such as the enslavement, the Civil War and
Reconstruction, Harlem Renaissance, Garveyism, the great
migration, depression and labor unions, the New Deal and the WPA,
African-American involvement in the nation's wars, Civil Rights,
Black Power, black arts movement, and Black Panthers are examined
in an interdisciplinary context.
0114. Growing Up in America: An Historical Perspective
(3 s.h.) S
Follows the changing perception and experience of growing up in
America from colonial times to the present. Explores the
emergence of childhood and adolescence as separate stages in the
life cycle, the evolving role of family, and increasing
importance of formal institutions, such as the school. Considers
the differences between growing up rich or poor, black or white,
male or female, and rural or urban in the 19th century as well as
the shift from precocity to purity as ideal in youth. Students
report on the childhood experiences of their own family or of
that of a friend. (Cross-listed with History 0200.)
0116. UFOs in American Society (3 s.h.)
American society's reaction to the UFO phenomenon. Analyzes UFOs
and the controversy that has surrounded them by studying the
attitudes of various groups toward the phenomenon, including the
military, the scientific community, the national UFO
organizations, the "lunatic fringe," cult groups,
charlatans, the entertainment industry, and the press.
W118. The American Woman: Visions and Revisions (3
s.h.)
An examination of images and roles of women in American culture.
Using fiction, poetry, and autobiography, we develop an
understanding of stereotypes and myths and we relate these images
to the real-life experiences of American women. The readings
include all classes and many ethnic groups, and focus primarily
on the twentieth century. (Cross-listed with Women's Studies
W206)
0121. America in the 1950s (3 s.h.)
This course explores the effects of McCarthyism and the Cold War
on American intellectual and cultural life in the 1950s. It will
also examine dissents from the consensus that gave rise to the
rebellions and counterculture of the 1960s. Special attention
will be paid to McCarthyism, and the origins of the civil rights
movement. Renewed stirrings of discontent amongst women will be
considered, as well as the start of a new left and counterculture
represented by the Beat Generation.
0124. Political Protest and Culture in the 60's (3
s.h.)
The political, cultural, economic, and social developments that
characterized the period from about 1954-1974 are the basis of
this course on the 1960s. Using primary and secondary readings,
we will explore the intellectual and moral issues that occupied a
place in the mainstream and underground presses as the country
became embroiled in a non-war and struggled for equality and
access to the "American Dream." Challenges to
traditional voices of authority and the decline of a liberal
American political tradition will also receive our attention.
0125. Photography in America (3 s.h.) FS
An overview of photography in America from 1850, emphasizing its
relation to society and the arts. Photography in factual and
artistic forms explored through representative photographers and
movements, including: Civil War and frontier photography; the
work of Muybridge, Riis and Hine, and Walker Evans and the FSA
photographers of the 1930's; Alfred Stieglitz, Steichen, and
Strand; and portrait, street and snapshot photography,
abstraction, narrative, and fantasy (Frank, Arbus, Winogrand,
Michals, etc.). Slides and readings on photography and American
culture, and on how the camera affects our seeing and thinking.
(Cross-listed with Art History 108.)
0126. Documentary Film and American Society (3 s.h.)
An examination of the place of documentary films within American
culture, beginning with the early efforts of Robert Flaherty and
continuing to the present. Topics include: the documentary of the
1930s and the New Deal; the evolution of documentary styles: the
social power of documentary film; the subject in documentary; the
self-conscious documentary.
0127. Media and American Popular Culture (3 s.h.) F
This course will explore the role of media in the development of
American popular culture, with particular emphasis on the
cultural transformations brought about by mass medic after 1880.
Historical analysis will demonstrate the profound shift in media
roles within the past century; from media expressions of popular
culture before 1889, to media as generators of popular culture
after that point. A by-product of this analysis will be the
formulation of a critical definition of mass media in terms of a
specific relationship between the media and the audience.
(Cross-listed with History 0217.)
0128. Philadelphia Neighborhoods (3 s.h.)
A laboratory study of urban Philadelphia with emphasis on the
interactions among American society values, urban landscapes,
city problems, and cultural resources. Includes field trips to
representative neighborhoods and cultural institutions,
integrated with background readings. (Cross-listed with GUS
0065.)
0129. The Twenties (3 s.h.)
The arts in the period between World War I and the depression.
Reactions to World War I, rejection of gentility, the search for
new forms of expression, creation of new ways of seeing the
world, and celebration of things American. Literature of the
decade (Hemingway, Faulkner, Eliot, Stevens, and others),
painting (American cubism, precisionism), architecture (Art Deco)
and other art forms. (Cross-listed with English 0147.)
0130. Architecture, Urban Design, and American Culture
(3 s.h.) S
An exploration of ways U.S. cities have been physically shaped
over the past 100 years, paying special attention to the leading
movements and theories concerning the growth and design of urban
space. Readings are from topics such as: Olmstead and the park
movement; the city beautiful movement; the modern city and the
skyscraper; Lewis Mumford and the garden city movement; the
organic city of Jane Jacobs; the postmodern city of Robert
Venturi; the dystopian city. In addition to studying the
literature of cities, the class explores Philadelphia as a case
study, with students developing techniques of observation and
analysis, in an effort to understand the city of Philadelphia
within the broader framework of thinking about American cities.
0131. American Frontiers (3 s.h.) F
Reexamined from the perspective of the late twentieth century,
the American frontier becomes contested terrain between diverse
groups of settlers and natives. With a geographic focus on
America west of the Mississippi, this course looks at elements
that were used to construct the myth of the frontier and the many
elements that were left out. It incorporates Euro-American women,
and persons of Latin American heritage, Asians, African
Americans, and especially Native Americans into the story of the
frontier of the 19th century and the west of the 20th.
R134. The Literature of American Slavery (3 s.h.) S
Slaves, slave owners, and abolitionists, men and women, perceived
slavery in distinctive ways and recorded those perceptions in
songs and poems, folk tales, autobiographical narratives and
novels, speeches and tracts, travel accounts, journals, diaries,
and letters. Through an examination of this rich oral and written
literature, themes such as the character of slave culture, the
relations between slaves and masters, the oppression of women
under slavery, and the connection between abolitionism and
feminism are explored. Lectures provide historical background and
a context in which to read the selections.
R136. Asian American Experiences (3 s.h.) F
An introduction to the varied historical and contemporary
experiences of Chinese, Japanese, Filipino, Korean, South, and
South Asian immigrants and their descendants in the United
States. Explores economic, social, political, and cultural
developments, beginning with the arrival of the Chinese in the
1830s and ending with the experiences of Asian-American
immigrants and their communities today. (Cross-listed with Asian
Studies R190 and History R237.)
W140. Radicalism in the United States (3 s.h.) S
A study of issues and traditions in the history of radical
thought and behavior. Emphasizing the twentieth century, the
course focuses on major social contexts and ideologies such as
anarchism, militant unionism, socialism, and communism-each of
which has had a long and vibrant history in the U.S.-as well as
less structured but no less fundamental theories of social
change.
H190. Radicalism in the United States-Honors (3 s.h.)
S
See American Studies W140. Requirements arranged with the
instructor include additional readings and preparation.
H191. Political Protest and Culture in the 60's --
Honors (3 s.h.)
See American Studies 0124. Requirements arranged with the
instructor include additional readings and preparation.
H192. The American Woman: Visions and Revisions --
Honors (3 s.h.)
See American Studies W118. Requirements arranged with the
instructor include additional readings and preparation.
H193. Technology in American Culture -- Honors (3
s.h.) S
See American Studies 0102. Requirements arranged with the
instructor include additional readings and preparation.
0194. Field Work in American Studies (3 s.h.) FS
The Field Study internship offers students the opportunity to
relate academic interests to a variety of cultural and civic
institutions in the Philadelphia area. Each three credits earned
normally require ten hours work per week (during the summer
sessions the number of hours is doubled) under faculty and
institutional supervision. Individual readings and a final report
or research paper provide a perspective of American culture.
H194. The Arts in America-Honors (3 s.h.) F
See American Studies 0104. Requirements arranged with the
instructor include additional readings and preparation.
H195. American Places: Home, City, Region-Honors (3
s.h.)
See American Studies 0103. Requirements arranged with the
instructor include additional readings and preparation.
H196. American Frontiers-Honors (3 s.h.) F
See American Studies 0131. Requirements arranged with the
instructor include additional readings and preparation.
H197. Quest for the American Dream-Honors (3 s.h.)
We study this quest, i.e. the migrant phenomena that shaped and
disfigured the USA, by looking at the Native American nightmare,
the forced migration of Africans, and the immigration of the
Chinese, the Italians, and the Puerto Ricans. Members of all
these ethnic groups will be interviewed to try to understand
their perspectives. We will take trips to Ellis Island and ethnic
neighborhoods of New York and Philadelphia.
H198. Immigrant Experiences-Honors (3 s.h.) S
See American Studies 0108. Requirements arranged with the
instructor include additional readings and preparation.
H199. Ideal America: Reform, Revolution, and
Utopia-Honors (3 s.h.)
See American Studies 0105. Requirements arranged with the
instructor include additional readings and preparation.
0294. Independent Study (3 s.h.) FS
The student devises a program for independent study with his
adviser and an instructor. Designed for those students whose
research interests are not met in any established course.
0394. Senior Independent Study (3 s.h.) FS
Prerequisite: American Studies major. Provides option of writing
a senior essay on a theme or topic related to student's program
of study.
W393. Senior Seminar in American Studies (3 s.h.) S
The capstone class required of all American Studies majors. Open
to others with permission of instructor. A single topic is
explored in an interdisciplinary context. Students write a major
paper. (Capstone W course)
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